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Andy Burnham
Labour MP for Leigh
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Andy Burnham voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education, Transport, Trade and Industry, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS: Reorganisation, General Practitioners, Car Insurance, Free Schools, Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
(based on written questions asked by Andy Burnham and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (13 out of 23)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Enterprise Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Malnutrition (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many patients died of malnutrition in NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years.”
- Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Drugs (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding was (a) allocated to and (b) spent by the Cancer Drugs Fund in 2011-12.”
- Written Answers — Health: Malnutrition (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each age group were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of malnutrition in each of the last five years.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 54.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 69 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 800 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Wigan MBC
(b) Address of donor: Town Hall, Wigan
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Rent reduction of £2,584 for the year in recognition of my office’s advice giving function.
(b) Date of receipt: 8 November 2011
(b) Date of acceptance: 8 November 2011
(b) Donor status: Metropolitan Borough Council
(b) (Registered 16 December 2011)
10. Loans and other controlled transactions
Name of lender: Kevin Lee
Address of donor: private
Amount of loan: £11,493.05
Date the loan was entered into: 1 October 2010
Date of repayment: 4 February 2011
Rate of interest: 0%
Whether or not any security has been given: none
(Registered 29 October 2010; updated 6 December 2011)
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £12,301 (475th) | £10,504 (550th) | £13,461 (523rd) | £16,147 | £18,501 (375th) | £20,317 (joint 189th with 1 other) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £19,766 (230th) | £13,860 (496th) | £17,602 (494th) | £13,279 | £19,324 (joint 89th with 9 others) | £18,798 (joint 192nd with 12 others) | £17,420 (454th) | £42,134 (5th) |
| Staffing costs | £89,969 (449th) | £87,563 (328th) | £82,954 (375th) | £80,555 | £68,393 (438th) | £62,713 (548th) | £58,614 (557th) | £32,181 (615th) |
| Communications Allowance | £993 (574th) | £861 (581st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,845 (250th)1 | £10,409 (207th)2 | £9,607 (234th)3 | £8,869 | £14,614 (153rd) | £13,578 (192nd) | £9,020 (375th) | £6,712 (383rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £175 | £780 (joint 222nd with 1 other) | £717 (joint 211th with 1 other) | £0 | £231 (338th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,528 (74th) | £368 (243rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £81 (87th) | £27 (108th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,322 (468th) | £683 (370th) | £535 (518th) | £739 | £771 (369th) | £1,252 (168th) | £1,178 (262nd) | £1,367 (204th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,318 (joint 323rd with 1 other) | £1,355 (528th) | £1,928 | £2,163 (joint 379th with 1 other) | £3,935 (171st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,211 (joint 311th with 1 other) | £828 (593rd) | £828 | £1,938 (joint 224th with 3 others) | £1,938 (joint 220th with 3 others) | £1,938 (joint 217th with 3 others) | £1,938 (joint 207th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £2,947 (34th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £135,805 (496th) | £127,804 (553rd) | £129,289 (466th) | £122,520 | £126,484 (266th) | £123,248 (243rd) | £107,892 (446th) | £102,572 (62nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £8,845 (59th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £10,409 (41st).